What a wonderful surprise in Dec. 27’s Sun Journal (“Muhammad Ali statue under construction in Lewiston“). Developer Tom Platz and his friends have commissioned Zenos Frudakis, one of the world’s foremost sculpture artists, to create a bronze statue of Muhammad Ali’s great triumph over Sonny Liston in Lewiston in 1965. It will be based on […]
Alex Lear
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Alex Lear is a lifelong Mainer who has spent 25 years in journalism -- the first 20 as a reporter for newspapers in Damariscotta and Falmouth, then as Opinions section editor for the Sun Journal and now a digital producer with the Maine Trust for Local News. His long-running “Learics” column won first place in the Maine Press Association’s 2023 Better Newspaper Contest. He and his wife Lauren are kept young by their 9-year-old daughter Alaina. Send feedback and suggestions to Alex.
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Rumford Hospital emergency department nurse receives DAISY award
RUMFORD — Rumford Hospital nurse Penny Savage is the recipient of the DAISY Award, an international program recognizing nurses for their compassionate care and the difference they make in patients’ lives. Savage works in the hospital’s emergency department. She was nominated by nurse leader Merideth Alanskas and Supervisor Tina True. Her fellow team members cited […]
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Austin Bay: The next Pearl Harbor: Close-in drone swarm attacks launched from US soil?
The Great Drone Hysteria first afflicted New Jersey and New York — with maybes from Maryland and Virginia. Then California and Nevada residents reported odd airborne night lights — flickering, hovering, then disappearing.
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Rich Lowry: Joe Biden’s commutations racket
President Joe Biden, or whoever is running the White House, grotesquely abused the pardon power, yet again.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Joe Voisine: No one is above the law, including President Biden
President Biden’s broken promise on not pardoning his son Hunter comes as no surprise to me. He lied to the American people for so long about the economy, open borders and blaming former President Trump for leaving him with a mess when he took office. So, just a few weeks before Hunter’s trial he pardons […]
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Rudolph Ziehm: Revenge, chaos are Trump’s strongest motivations
It seems really obvious that our “fearless leader,” President-elect Donald Trump, thinks lowering people’s grocery bills is no priority. Revenge and chaos are his strongest motivations — that, or whatever his pal Elon Musk thinks is best. I hope Vladimir Putin and Kim Jung Un aren’t jealous. There’s only so much of Don to go […]
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Clarence Page: Elon takes on Washington, but can he take it over?
Will this era be remembered as the time when Donald Trump was president and Elon Musk ran the country?
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Cal Thomas: Protecting the lives of murderers, but not babies
Pope Francis may praise Biden for his commutations, but will he issue anything approaching condemnation for the president’s refusal to defend the unborn who cannot defend themselves?
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Froma Harrop: Do you want Donald Trump to succeed or America?
Much of America has come a long distance, and not in a good way, to equating one man’s interests with America’s.